Mayberry Fire Department

I am brand new to this group however, I have been a lifelong fan of TAGS.

There has been little to no mention on TAGS of a Fire Department in Mayberry. So, I have decided to "create" the Mayberry Fire Company via a Facebook Group of the same name (not yet published)

In real life I own a 1967 Ford fire truck (photo attached) that I am in the initial process of having re-lettered for the fictitious Mayberry Fire Company. I know there are dozens of Mayberry Patrol Cars in existence but I have only seen a handful of old fire trucks lettered up as a Mayberry rig.

My plan is to depict the Fire Company as being formed when Mayberry was created and to have fictitious accounts of its history up to 1967. So basically everything about the Fire Company will take place in the year of 1967 and the past.

Just for fun I am asking for any suggestions or input you folks may have to help "organize" the Fire Company. What I am looking for in particular are:

Founding Members: (Jud, Mayor Pike, etc)

Active Members: ( I don' want to use Andy, Barney or Warren as members)

Ladies Auxiliary Members: (Aunt Bee, Helen, etc)

Suggestions for the Fire Company door seal and uniform patch. I was thinking of something similar to the basic emblem on the patrol car.

I want to make this a fun project and include fellow TAGS fans to make it seem like the Mayberry Fire Company could fit right into TAGS.

Great idea, Randy. I do think there was at least one reference to the fire department. Seems like they were having a "boiled dinner" or a fish fry or something. Will you be having either of those as an annual event? If so, I'll bring a dish!

Really? That is a tidbit that I was never aware of. I will definitely incorporate that into the VFD. I'm still in the process of organizing the "history" of the department and selecting the apparatus from the past. Thanks for the info.